SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 Essential Training

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8/23/2012

SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 is not just soundtrack scoring software, but also a collection of royalty-free music clips that are fully customizable, with features like Mood Mapping and Timing Control. In this workshop, filmmaker Jeff Foster explores the process of selecting and editing the various customizable music libraries using both the web-based Quicktracks and the professional Sonicfire Pro 5 software. Learn how to pull out select instruments and write a complete score of any length you wish. He also introduces a round-trip workflow with a few nonlinear editors and offers tips and tricks for further customizing your soundtracks.

Topics include:

Browsing the SmartSound website for custom music libraries

Using Quicktracks to custom-build your track

Adding a track to a video

Exporting your edited soundtrack

Using SmartSound tracks with vocals

Building songs and soundtracks with blocks from the bin

Round-trip editing workflows with nonlinear editing software

Creating loopable music tracks

Mixing tracks with live instrumentation and vocals

Skill Level Intermediate

2h 29m

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8,392

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- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm Jeff Foster, I've been a video andcommercial motion graphics producer for nearly 20 yearsand I've been using SmartSound since the late 90'sand I've watched them continue to grow over the years.In this video workshop, I'll show you how to findjust the right music soundtrack for your productionusing SmartSound's online libraryand the customization capabilities of Quicktracks.We'll explore their standalone software editor,SonicFire Pro, with incredible features liketiming control and mood mappingto control various instrumentsand song arrangements within multi-layer tracks.

I'll show you how to use SonicFire Pro with yourvideo editing software in a round trip workflowplus tips and tricks forfurther customizing your soundtracks.I'm excited to share these lessonsplus my own tips and techniquesto get truly unique and customized soundtracks foryour video and motion graphics projects.So turn up those speakers and let's dive in.